ἀντιστροφή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A a turning about:    I in choruses and dances, strophic correspondence, D.H.Comp.25; in later writers, = ἀντίστροφος, ἡ (q.v.), Sch.Ar.Nu.595,al.    II Rhet., repetition of closing words in successive members, Phld.Rh.1.195 S., Hermog.Id.1.12, cf, 2.1, Eust.945.60; ἀ. τὸ ἐναντίον τῆς ἐπαναφορᾶς Alex.Fig.2.4.    2 inversion, of construction, e.g. ἠχῶν ἔπεσα for πεσὼν ἤχησα Phoeb. Fig.1.5.    3 Gramm., inversion of letters (e.g. ἀκήν, ἦκα), EM 424.8.    III inversion, κατὰ τὴν ἀ. τῆς ἀναλογίας in inverse ratio, Arist.Ph.266b18:—in Logic, conversion of terms of a proposition, Id.APr.25a40; ἀ. δέχεσθαι to be convertible, ib.50b32.    b Math., τῶν θεωρημάτων ἡ ἀ. Procl.in Euc.p.251 F., cf. Apollon.Perg.Con.2.49; ἀ. προηγουμένη complete conversion, Procl.in Euc.p.253F.; ἀ. ἀξιωμάτων Stoic.2.64; generally, κατ' -φήν conversely, Metrod.Herc. 831.14.    2 retortion of an argument, Arist.APr.61a22.    3 change of a proposition into its opposite, ib.38a3,39a28.